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Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty

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Upper eyelid blepharoplasty is one of the commonly performed cosmetic procedures for facial rejuvenation. Due to the complex anatomical structure of delicate periocular tissues, mastery of anatomy, familiarity with aging changes, and knowledge and skill in surgical techniques are essential for the surgeons performing this operation. In this chapter, these topics as well as review of main adjunctive procedures for enhancement of aesthetic outcome and notion of some of common or serious complications of upper blepharoplasty are covered.

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  1. Eye Research Center, Feiz Eye Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

    Hadi Ghadimi & Bahram Eshraghi

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  1. Co-investigator, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Seied Omid Keyhan

  2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Tirbod Fattahi

  3. Department of Surgery, Georgia Oral and Facial Reconstructive Surgery, Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Shahrokh C. Bagheri

  4. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Behnam Bohluli

  5. Universal Network of Interdisciplinary Research in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (UNIROMS), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

    Mohammad Hosein Amirzade-Iranaq

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Ghadimi, H., Eshraghi, B. (2021). Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty. In: Keyhan, S.O., Fattahi, T., Bagheri, S.C., Bohluli, B., Amirzade-Iranaq, M.H. (eds) Integrated Procedures in Facial Cosmetic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46993-1_45

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